hyperapp/hyperapp

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

19198 stars · 775 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Hyperapp is an ultra-lightweight (~1 kB) JavaScript framework for building browser-based hypertext applications. It combines a virtual DOM with an optimized diff algorithm, declarative views, and built-in state management through actions, effects, and subscriptions.

Use cases

• build a small single-page web app without a build step
• create a todo app with declarative views and state updates
• embed lightweight interactive UI in a page without heavy dependencies
• learn a minimal functional frontend framework
• render efficient DOM updates from app state

When to choose

• you need a tiny bundle size and minimal concepts
• you want declarative virtual DOM rendering with built-in state management
• you prefer functional, no-build-step development in idiomatic JavaScript

When to avoid

• you need a large ecosystem, routing, or enterprise tooling out of the box
• you require JSX, TypeScript-first ergonomics, or extensive official component libraries
• you are building complex large-scale apps that benefit from mature frameworks like React or Vue

Facets

framework · maturity stable

frontend-framework state-management ui-components web-development frontend browser virtual-dom micro-framework declarative-ui functional tiny hypertext-applications nodejs web-server

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